20 Jul 2015

Center employees encouraged to register, update ADPAAS for accountability and assessment

Following a natural or manmade disaster, ADPAAS allows commanders to account for their personnel in a matter of minutes, not days, and alleviates reporting problems by allowing individuals to log in and account for themselves and their family members.

20 Jul 2015

Fort Benning project team shines with delivery of industry-leading hospital

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Fort Benning’s newly unveiled Martin Army Community Hospital brims with exceptionalism, earning the hospital’s area team the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2015 Project Delivery Team of the Year for Excellence Award.

20 Jul 2015

Gathright Dam officials cancel pulse release

Officials at the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have canceled Wednesday's pulse release at Gathright Dam. The Norfolk District, in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, determined that recent rainfall eliminated the need for the second planned pulse release of the year.

20 Jul 2015

MED Volunteers Spark Students’ STEM Interest

Volunteers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District’s information management team worked with rising 5th grade students at STARBASE Academy Winchester July 16 to explore some aspects of IM careers.

20 Jul 2015

Army Corps updates water release schedule at Francis E. Walter Dam

PHILADELPHIA (July 20, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps Engineers’ Philadelphia District updated the 2015 Francis E. Walter Dam recreation plan. The Corps updated the plan, which states whitewater and fisheries releases will be scheduled if enough water storage is accumulated in the reservoir. Precipitation throughout the early part of the summer has enabled the Army Corps to add the first five increments of the plan, which includes 4 additional whitewater releases and fisheries enhancement water releases from July 25-Sept 11.

17 Jul 2015

Corps partners with Nashville Shores to promote water safety

HERMITAGE, Tenn. (July 17, 2015) – Park Rangers at J. Percy Priest Lake are spending several hours at Nashville Shores Lakeside Resort every Friday this summer to promote that water safety and fun truly go together.

17 Jul 2015

Ice Harbor spillway weir celebrates 10 years of safely passing salmon

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, marked a decade of safe fish passage over

17 Jul 2015

Corps begins next phase of inspections along Mississippi River

The Mississippi River at the Carrollton gage has risen to 15.0 feet prompting the Corps to activate the second phase of flood fight procedures to monitor levees along the Mississippi River.

17 Jul 2015

USACE Galveston District to perform emergency dredging of GIWW at Caney Creek, Brazos River Floodgates

GALVESTON, Texas (July 17, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, will perform emergency maintenance dredging of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) at Caney Creek and the Brazos River Floodgates in Brazoria and Matagorda counties, Texas, beginning July 21, 2015.

17 Jul 2015

Lynnhaven Inlet Jetties public scoping meeting scheduled for July 22; comment period underway

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, and the city of Virginia Beach announced the initiation of the Lynnhaven Inlet Jetties Study July 2 via joint website public notices.